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#581
Eublet said:
+1. Even the HH and HS models are quite tight for popping. It's doable, but you have to stay on target. I wouldn't personally consider those "slap-friendly" depending on one's technique and how flashy they want to get. The ones listed in the picture above would be even more troublesome.
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Well, the Bongos are tight due to the extra frets, but there is a decent amount of room on the nonBongo two pickup basses. But I know a few people who can slap on an double hummer Bongo with no problem. I think if one really like the sound though they could put the time in to adapt their technique.

I don't slap though, so I had no problem ordering a Big Al thankfully :bassist:
 
#582
Smallequestrian said:
Well, the Bongos are tight due to the extra frets, but there is a decent amount of room on the nonBongo two pickup basses. But I know a few people who can slap on an double hummer Bongo with no problem. I think if one really like the sound though they could put the time in to adapt their technique.

I don't slap though, so I had no problem ordering a Big Al thankfully :bassist:
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I had no problem slapping on the Big Al.
 
#583
smakbass said:
I had no problem slapping on the Big Al.
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That I do not doubt. you sir, put the "hell yeah" in Rawwwwwk!! :p (and slap much more gooderer than I )

As for the "extra attention to detail" required for slapping on any EBMM other than a single H model.... Hmm, I guess where I'm from they call "extra attention to detail" practice and proficiency.

:eyebrow:
 
#584
Psychicpet said:
That I do not doubt. you sir, put the "hell yeah" in Rawwwwwk!! :p (and slap much more gooderer than I )

As for the "extra attention to detail" required for slapping on any EBMM other than a single H model.... Hmm, I guess where I'm from they call "extra attention to detail" practice and proficiency.

:eyebrow:
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I'm not referring to accuracy as such. I'm talking about physical limitations from having a pickup close to the neck. In my double thumbing reference, the optimal place to strike the string with your thumb is just beyond the end of the fretboard, then your index and middle finger that must also pluck that same string have to be aligned linearly along the string, which places them directly over the picup on the EBMM HH and HS designs. If you are doing the popping on other strings, then it is possible to rotate the hand a bit depending on what you are trying to execute. If you can somehow manage to double thumb over the neck, which creates quite a different tone and attack, then it might also be possible. So that's the kind of attention to detail I'm referring to. Not simply practicing. You will have to alter your technique to make an otherwise proficient execution possible on these basses. That might be okay for some and no big deal, but for others it's not an acceptable endeavor.
 
#585
Psychicpet said:
:rolleyes:


That's right. again, not made in America by Americans (not Mexicans) then it must be s***.

Didn't realize that Ibanez had said that 'Tony' was doing the inlay work... oh, I get it, he isn't but you were just using that as a joke 'cause they're all Asian and that somehow ties in to this model still being a rip off.
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The dude in the well was supposed to indicate a joke :smug:. It's possible to read too much into people's posts - almost anything can be racist if somebody wants it to be.

I myself don't own a US made bass - check my profile! :)

Concerning that Ibanez, it's most likely a limited-edition collectors' model - not meant to be marketed or mass-produced - so the price is pretty irrelevant.

That being said, I just love those new BTB's.
 
#586
TMacATK said:
The dude in the well was supposed to indicate a joke :smug:. It's possible to read too much into people's posts - almost anything can be racist if somebody wants it to be.

I myself don't own a US made bass - check my profile! :)

Concerning that Ibanez, it's most likely a limited-edition collectors' model - not meant to be marketed or mass-produced - so the price is pretty irrelevant.

That being said, I just love those new BTB's.
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apologies. my bad.
 
#589
Lokire said:
What?! There are TONS of guitar players who play 7-strings. Especially Metal and prog-rock players. Heard of John Petrucci? :D
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Can you see John Petrucci playing bass? That is still tuned an octave below a 7 string guitar.

And what sort of tuning is BEADGCE.

All that is going to happen is if someone buys it, they'll change the strings and make it a baritone guitar with a really long scale.
 
#590
broadblik said:
Can you see John Petrucci playing bass? That is still tuned an octave below a 7 string guitar.

And what sort of tuning is BEADGCE.

All that is going to happen is if someone buys it, they'll change the strings and make it a baritone guitar with a really long scale.
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I'm confused. Those aren't 'standard' 7-string guitars? As in BEADGBE. The low B being an octave higher than the B of a 5-string bass? I haven't really been following NAMM, so maybe I missed something? :confused:
 
#591
That one was a 30" scale 7-string bass, in bass tuning, not guitar tuning.

30" scale guitars definitely happen in the 8+ string range, but not with bass strings.

I don't know how many of those they'll sell.
 
#593
emjazz said:
Do you mean Ristola? If so, Brian was there but I think that he was there for his other business, Bestbassgear.com. I haven't spoken to him yet but I'm not sure that he brought any of his basses along with him. He certainly didn't have a booth. If you do a search for Ristola you'll find some threads on his work though.
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I see, thanks.
 
#594
kesslari said:
Most of the "photos" in the BassGearMagazine album are currently not displaying...
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We had to resize those photos, so the links probably weren't working for a while, but they should be back up (Invalid Link Removed). We also now have a number of videos up on our YouTube channel.

I am going to try and go back and fix any old, broken links (to the photos before they were resized) and fix them. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Tom.
 
#595
That red Fender a few pages back, with the dual Tele-buckers, was beautiful. I saw them on eBay a while back, but the price was crazy. They should have introduced them as a new model, I definitely would have bought one...In both colors.....yummy fiesta red and sherwood green(?) with block inlays
 
#596
smakbass said:
The pedulla's are wood experiments mostly basses he made to try some things out. The citrons were realllly nice that ae bass has me gassing for sure. I really liked that EB Big Al bass sterling like neck with the 3 singles and the electronics with the passive option are great, its hard to really test stuff though. The markbass booth was a real zoo Hadrien was playing when I was there, Garrison was there, Alain Caron was there and michael manring was there...so it was a bit crowded to say the least.

Thats my wife with elmo had to take that pic. I also cant say enough how nice stew and carey are.
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It's hard to hear anything at NAMM. If you're ever in upstate New York, feel free to stop by my shop to play some of my basses. ---Harvey Citron
Citron-Guitars.com [email protected]
 
#599
Now now, lets not bash on the seven string basses, you know who might show up, ( cough turner cough), but honestly, the ibanez seven string was very poorly made. the string spacing was so close together that i couldn't play single note runs on it without bumping athe other strings. truely terrible, and over $2000 to boot.
 
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